“Come over for pleasure, I suppose.”
“That’s just the size of it.”
“I know you are in this man’s employ,” said Burt.
Barry laughed. His mirth was forced, however.
“My dear fellow,” he said, “this Ajeeb has millions of money.”
“Then you have had a very soft snap,” remarked Burt.
“Having so much money, why should he engage in crooked work?”
“His mission to this country is one of murder, as you know.”
“I do not know of the Abyssinian having killed anybody.”
“How about Henry Stolburst?”